Other magic Rings?

[Lalwendë]

Originally Posted by Rune Son of Bjarne

Well according to UT the Drúedain of Beleriand could have had magical powers at least that was the belief. Apparantly they could give some of their own power to a statue that would then guard a house/what ever in their place.

The story The Faithful Stone? That's an interesting tale, but it always looks to me as though the Stone was almost totemic, or even a placebo, making Barach believe he was protected, when in actual fact it was Aghan who killed the Orcs - as shown by his wounds.

EDIT: spookily cross posted with Raynor!

The part from HoME is also in UT (if someone hasn't got that volume of HoME, this is where you'll also find the info). Anyway, I always take this talk of 'magic' ascribed to the Druedain to a simple lack of understanding of these people. Our ancient ancestors have in the past been given 'magical' powers (e.g. saying Merlin 'flew' Stonehenge in from Ireland!) when the truth is that we simply did not understand those people. I see the same reflected in Middle-earth and the suspicious reactions of the more 'civilised' when dealing with a secretive hunter-gatherer order of Men.